Voltage regulator

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Originally Posted by Larryejoh

I would only have to make a new terminal off the field wire which was connected to the 3rd brush to the field on the regulator. The armature wire which went to the cutout would go to the armature/gen terminal on the regulator and the battery wire from the other side of the cutout would go to the battery terminal on the regulator. The field ground would still be grounded to the generator case on a cutout screw.

I think this would work with a late 1930s or 1940s Ford car regulator. The regulator would be mounted on either side of the firewall. The 3rd brush would be removed from the generator and the wire from the field winding that had been on the 3rd brush would be brought out of the generator case and connected to the field terminal of the regulator. The cutout would be eliminated and the armature wire and battery wire would go to the corresponding terminal on the regulator. Has anyone done this and how did you bring the field wire out of the generator case? Thank you for your comments and suggestions.